8:42 PM,
Nov. 7, 2013

Sheila Marcotte

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Republican Legislator Sheila Marcotte's defeat of her Democratic challenger could open the door for a bipartisan coalition to assert control of the Westchester Board of Legislators.

Her victory in Eastchester and part of New Rochelle gives the GOP an opportunity to establish a majority with help from two colleagues across the aisle - an enticing proposal if you're Republican County Executive Rob Astorino.

Such a scenario would mean a new chairperson on the 17-member board and create the first bipartisan coalition since the mid-1990s, when four Republicans and six Democrats joined ...